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Windmill meaning in English
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Windmill
see synonyms of windmillNoun
1. windmill
a mill that is powered by the wind
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Windmill
see synonyms of windmillnoun
1.
a machine for grinding or pumping driven by a set of adjustable vanes or sails that are caused to turn by the force of the wind
2.
the set of vanes or sails that drives such a mill
3. Also called: whirligig British
a toy consisting of plastic or paper vanes attached to a stick in such a manner that they revolve like the sails of a windmill
. US and Canadian name: pinwheel4.
an imaginary opponent or evil (esp in the phrase tilt at or fight windmills)
5.
a small air-driven propeller fitted to a light aircraft to drive auxiliary equipment
Compare ram-air turbine6. an informal name for helicopter
7. an informal name for propeller (sense 1)
8. an informal name for accommodation bill
verb
9.
to move or cause to move like the arms of a windmill
10. (intransitive)
(of an aircraft propeller, rotor of a turbine, etc) to rotate as a result of the force of a current of air rather than under power
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Windmill
see synonyms of windmill noun
1.
a mill operated by the wind's rotation of large, oblique sails or vanes radiating from a shaft: used as a source of power for grinding grain, pumping water, generating electricity, etc.
2.
anything like a windmill, as a propellerlike toy (pinwheel) revolved by wind
verb transitive, verb intransitive
3.
to rotate like a windmill
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Windmill
see synonyms of windmilln.
1. A machine that runs on the energy generated by a wheel of adjustable blades or slats rotated by the wind.
2. Something, such as a toy pinwheel, that is similar to a windmill in appearance or operation.
intr. & tr.v. wind·milled, wind·mill·ing, wind·mills
To move or cause to move like the wheel of a windmill; rotate sweepingly.
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